On Wednesday 28 May 2008 17:07:59 Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Bill Crawford wrote: > > 2008/5/28 Mike Chambers <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>: > >> What is mean by "name"? Guess I am clueless to gpg and don't know my > >> way around it (viewing man gpg at the moment) and nto sure what to do > >> for example, when like someone's signature says invalid from evo on an > >> email to the list? > > > > It's usually the email address listed as the "user id" for the key (or > > subkey). > > > > I find it easiest to do this via kgpg, actually - you just right click > > and choose "Sign keys" from the menu. > > While you could use the person's name, you can run into more then > one key for a person, with different email addresses. > > For example, I have keys for both my infinity-ltd.com address, and > my old execpc.com email address. I probably should revoke the > execpc.com address, but there are still some RPMs floating around > signed with that key. Besides, I don't remember where I stored the > private key for that one. > kgpg handles all that seamlessly. I have several people on my keyring that have more than one key. It's also possible to have one key for several addresses, as I do. For those that use kgpg, just take a look at my key. It lists several addresses and is signed by a number of people - yes, they did see my passport :-). Similarly, gpg --list-keys 1E1C9C17 shows all the identities that my key can be used for. Anne
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